Within the scope of the investigation carried out by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office against Cafer Mahiroğlu for the crimes of 'bribery', 'tender rigging' and 'laundering of assets resulting from crime'; Detention orders were issued for 17 suspects. While 11 suspects were detained in the simultaneous operation in the morning, SDIF was appointed as trustee to Halk TV and other companies with which Mahiroğlu was affiliated.
Within the scope of the investigation carried out by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office against Cafer Mahiroğlu for the crimes of 'bribery', 'tender rigging' and 'laundering of assets resulting from crime'; The data provided by the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK), confidential witness statements, suspect statements and other information and documents within the scope of the file were evaluated together.
In the investigations carried out within the scope of the investigation, findings were reached that Cafer Mahiroğlu used his connections at the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality to establish the BUSTECH Vehicle Maintenance Repair Services Joint Stock Company, transferred the management of the company to the persons he determined, and gained unfair advantage through the transactions carried out within the scope of municipal tenders. In line with the statements and records within the scope of the file, it was determined that an unregistered bribe payment of 14 million 464 thousand TL was made in connection with the tender processes, that payments were made at exorbitant prices above the tender prices for the works received through the relevant company, and that the income obtained was transferred to companies that belonged to the suspect or were considered to be related to the suspect.
'IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THERE ARE INCOMPATIBILITIES BETWEEN ASSET ACQUISITIONS AND INCOME'
In the examinations made on the data provided by MASAK, it was determined that the total transaction volume of the companies with which Mahiroğlu was associated as a partner or manager was 30 billion 352 million 37 thousand lira. In the examinations carried out on Mahiroğlu's personal bank accounts, it was determined that a total of 1 billion 62 million 260 thousand lira money inflow occurred in 459 separate transactions, and a total money outflow of 1 billion 118 million 591 thousand lira occurred in 564 separate transactions. In addition, money transfers made abroad through companies managed by the suspect were also examined, and high-volume foreign currency-based transactions were detected in the relevant financial movements. In the examination of the personal bank accounts of Mahiroğlu and his first-degree relatives and the accounts of companies with which he has partnership or management relations, it was determined that there were high amounts of international SWIFT money transfers and that there were inconsistencies between asset acquisitions and declared income.
11 PEOPLE IN CUSTODY, TMSF APPOINTED AS TRUSTEE
In addition, it was determined that Mahiroğlu had a wanted record for 'tender rigging' within the scope of the investigation carried out by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and that he had gone abroad. While a detention order was issued for 17 suspects, 11 suspects were detained in the simultaneous operation. It was learned that 4 of the suspects were abroad, 1 was in prison, and efforts to capture 2 suspects were ongoing. It was stated that SDIF was appointed as trustee to the companies that Mahiroğlu was found to be a partner, manager or affiliated with.
